Showcase Cinemas Bluewater - XPlus Showcase XPlus
Greenhithe · United KingdomSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this Showcase XPlus room C, 32/100 — a modest premium screen, 107 m² of lit picture, with 22% of the screen never lit. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
The only Showcase XPlus with published dimensions: 16m x 8.6m, 4K. Originally opened 13 Dec 2013 as an IMAX and CONVERTED TO XPLUS IN JUNE 2022 - a rare documented case of a chain replacing a licensed giant screen with its own badge on the same physical screen. Coordinates not published.
Map position approximate (city centre)
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- 4K Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 16 m × 8.6 m (138 m²)
- Picture area
- 107 m² — 22% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.86:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 2.39:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- Not published
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2013
- Operator
- Showcase Cinemas
The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 32
⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 3Showcase Cinemas Bluewater - XPlus · 16×8.6 m · picture 107 m², 22% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 138 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 138 m²
- Picture
- 135 m²
- Screen used
- 98%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
BFI IMAX
London · 17 mi away
You'd get 278% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum
London · 20 mi away
You'd get 184% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX
London · 18 mi away
You'd get 200% more screen.
Better screens within 75 mi
•Where to next
Elsewhere in United Kingdom
Other Showcase Cinemas screens
Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- verified open
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
Checking listings…